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FINANCE

Red card shown to traffic light rating

By Dan Peters | 12 August 2019

Controversial plans to issue a traffic light rating for every councils’ financial sustainability ...

FINANCE

Rebuilding trust is a long-term ambition

By Rob Whiteman | 06 August 2019

Making local authority accounts more accessible to the modern-day user will help us shape a more ...

FINANCE

Audit separation call

By Dan Peters | 05 August 2019

A call has been made for auditors’ value for money work to be separated out from their wider work...

FINANCE

LGA: Audit deadline should be pushed back

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2019

The July audit deadline should be pushed back to September 30 for future years, the Local Governm...

FINANCE

Auditors may consider 'emerging risks'

By Dan Peters | 29 July 2019

Auditors could be given ‘more flexibility to consider emerging risks’ after the National Audit Of...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Dear Chancellor

By Rob Whiteman | 24 July 2019

As the dust settles on the Conservative leadership announcements, the Chartered Institute of Publ...

FINANCE

CIPFA calls for auditing changes

By Dan Peters | 22 July 2019

The information currently reported publicly by auditors does not help taxpayers understand the ke...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Spending Review needs to embody 'strategic, systematic change'

17 July 2019

At the Local Government Association (LGA) annual conference, Claire Kober noted the biggest shift...

FINANCE

The uncertainty principle

By Simone Hines | 17 July 2019

Simone Hines says that when the variables are so great – e.g. a full business rates reset or no r...

FINANCE

Standards bearer

By Heather Jameson | 17 July 2019

As communities secretary James Brokenshire launched a review of the local government audit regime...

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frederica-diamanta

Service Director: Finance (s.151)

up to £122k

Strong and well-managed finances underpin everything we want to achieve. Apply for this job

Plymouth City Council

Alternative Provision Specialist Lead

£50,269 PLUS Market Supplement

We’re looking for a Specialist Project Lead to support the next phase of our exciting project Apply for this job

North East Lincolnshire Council

Executive Director – Community Health, Wellbeing & Prevention (DASS)

£160,000

Southampton is a bold, diverse and fast-changing city. Apply for this job

Southampton City Council